The precious metals miners rallied as gold prices jumped to a 15-month high. Gold prices were strengthening on the weaker USD – a cheaper dollar makes gold more attractive to foreign investors and helps support the hard asset as a more stable store of wealth. The USD was weakening after the Bank of Japan surprised markets by keeping its monetary policy on hold, which sent the Japanese yen rallying.

On the other end, the worst non-leveraged exchange traded products of the past month include the AccuShares Spot CBOE VIX Up Shares (NasdaqGM: VXUP) down 17.0%, C-Tracks on Citi Volatility Index ETN (NYSEArca: CVOL) down 14.3% and ProShares VIX Short-Term Futures ETF (NYSEArca: VIXY) down 9.4%.